Do you have a Phobia?

[DznyFan]

Spiders. Give me a snake any day.
Needles.
and for the weird.... buttons. I'm not 'afraid' of them, I just really, really dislike them. Can't really explain it.

 

[FlowersChild]

Sometimes I can get really scared if I am in a house at night by mself. Since I have Cats with me I am never by myself in my house at night Even when I am at DisneyWorld in my hotel room, I can sometimes get scared at night when I am by myself. Since my mom drops me off when I go to DisneyWorld for like a week or so I am in a hotel room by myself for most of the trip and one time I was in the hotel by myself every night.

Sometimes I just had to sleep with the light on when I was by myself in my hotel room at night, but other times I was able to turn the lights out and not be scared I will say that even though I can get scared if I am by myself in a hotel room at night, that I can get even more scared if I am by myself in a house at night

 

[robinb]

Clowns. It makes staying at BWV difficult.

 

[gnbuggy]

Snakes. Eww. Thats the reason my yard looks like it does.
Seeing needles in or around the inside of someones arm.
Fire. very unexplainable.
Cliff-y roads.
DH hates mice/rats. We have those in the yard too. He thinks he will shoot one with a pellet gun.(yeah, right)

 

[gnbuggy]

Llamaphobia Just kidding! Who wouldn't love an innocent llama?
Anyways, I'm not too scared of them but spiders freak me out. If I see them somewhere in the room I scream and get my om or dad to kill it- and I'm 12.

Totally off topic.
Have you heard the LLama song?

 

[jsbjeb]

Flying, definately Flying...

 

[momrek06]

Flying, definately Flying...

ME TOO = but the Message Boards www.takingflight.us/forums
have helped me immensely. As I head to London in a few months I have posted quite a bit and those people over there are very informative and knowledgeable.

Also... www.fearofflying.com

 

[Tigger&Belle]

I am claustaphobic big time (and it doesn't get better as I get older) LOL

Bridges-- I hate bridges..the George Washington Bridge creeps me out. It is so bad I got sick one time as we came up to the toll booths as I watched a semi take out the front drivers side of someones car and he just kept on going...

The Bay Bridge in Maryland scares the Bejesus out of me...It is just to high. I always am scared the bridge is going to collapse.... My hands start sweating and I feel like I can't breath....I know it is silly

Guess what I'm driving over tomorrow... And I used to be be scared to death of driving over bridges until my DD decided to go to college on the other side of the Bay Bridge. I could ride in a car without too much of a problem, but driving was not good. Last December I was picking her up for winter break and I'd totally forgotten about having to drive over the bridge until the night before and I went into panic mode. Not good! When I got to the bridge it was misty and starting to rain, but I did it. I even drove back over the bridge after picking her up. I'm almost looking forward to doing it tomorrow.

I had a couple of bad bridge experiences years ago that really scared me, which started this fear.

My current fear/phobia is driving in tunnels and I really don't think I could do that one. I get dizzy and I don't think I could physically keep driving to get through it. I do like to ride in a car though a tunnel, though (feels like I've had a drink...).

 

[megan4777]

I don't think my phobia has a name.

I can't have my feet anywhere near open dark places without getting the heebie jeebies. Heres me trying to walk across a wooden deck at night with no shoes on (there's no way my feet are touching the open space between the boards). And if you ever want to see someone walk on water...just wait until I'm in a pool at night and shut the under water lights off

I got a HUGE laugh out of that but that's another one I'm scared of. I'm the SAME way with decks or open spaces between floor boards.
I'm also a huge wuss trying to get up the basement steps b/c there's no back on them. I usually send the cat down first to make sure nothing is waiting to grab me.
I also have enough stuff stored under our bed so nothing can ever live under it and grab me. I still can't put my feet down at night, though.


I'm also terrified of needles. I usually get really, really shaky and weak.

Wow, I'm up to like 6 or 7 things... I need a padded room

 

[MomofKatie]

Anyone else here have a phobia?

I have a fish phobia!

wierd i know!!

but if i see a live fish too close i freak out! i can't breathe, i get goose bumps and just start to lose control. it's sooo embaressing!!

OMG, I read the title of this thread and thought, well, I'll tell about my fish phobia- nobody else has one of those. And right there, the VERY FIRST POST, is another fish-phobic!! I feel your pain, sister!!

My fish thing is a bit different- I don't mind them at all in aquariums, in the supermarket, at the pet store, from a boat, etc (DH is into fishkeeping- we have 5 or 6 aquariums at home, and I am fine with them). I'm fine with them in all these situations- but I can't stand the thought of being in the water with them swimming around me. EEEEWWWWW!!! I don't swim in rivers, lakes, or the ocean because of it. The idea of snorkeling or scuba diving gives me the heebie-jeebies BIG TIME!! I think it is the idea of them touching me with those slimy scales and the fins- yuck!!

 

[deekaypee]

Needles.

Me, too! I get sweaty palms and begin to feel light-headed if I catch the wrong part of a medical show on TV. I'm a delight to my doctor, I'm sure.

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

Needles--not sewing needles, but hypodermic ones. This stems from an incident that occurred when I was probably 4 or 5 years old. I was really sick and because I have abnormally small veins, they were having a difficult time taking blood from my arms and legs. So finally, the doctor made my mother and a nurse hold me down and he took the blood from a vein in my neck that had popped out from me crying so hard. Ever since then, whenever somebody comes near me with a needle to do a blood draw, I freak out. I start to cry, hyperventilate and have hysterics.

I can't even get a shot without freaking out, that's how bad I fear needles. Even the thought of getting blood drawn or getting a shot makes my heart race a little bit.

TOV

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

ewww you went into toooo much description!! i actually have goose bumps and i shivered!!! it's nuts!!

i can't swim in places like that for the same reason!!!

 

[disneymama73]

I am very afraid of heights. I don't know if it's a true phobia though.

 

[Kimmie5870]

I got a HUGE laugh out of that but that's another one I'm scared of. I'm the SAME way with decks or open spaces between floor boards.
I'm also a huge wuss trying to get up the basement steps b/c there's no back on them. I usually send the cat down first to make sure nothing is waiting to grab me.
I also have enough stuff stored under our bed so nothing can ever live under it and grab me. I still can't put my feet down at night, though.


I'm also terrified of needles. I usually get really, really shaky and weak.

Wow, I'm up to like 6 or 7 things... I need a padded room

I don't feel like such a freak now that I see you and sugarpie have the same phobia .

I also have the bed and open stair phobia. I suggest a platform bed for all of us wusses. DH made me one years ago and now I can get in/out of bed like a normal person.


Flowerschild: My BIL is terrified to stay anywhere alone. The few times that he has he goes through every room shutting curtains and turning on every light he can find,then he jumps in bed and pulls the covers over his head.

 

[MariDisney]

Probably not diagnosable as actual phobias...but...
TURTLES...I try not to get near them, even near the glass at the zoo. It makes me a little nervous just thinking about it.
Driving over bridges...I'd rather not!! But, if we have to go over a bridge, there is no way I can be a passenger. I have to be the one driving.
Door ajar...they drive me nuts...totally open or totally closed, pleased.

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Dead stuffed animals...otherwise known as taxadermy. I hate them! They scare me and I've screamed more than once...I can take a deer head better than an entire stuffed body, but it still freaks me out! I don't know why, but it does!

 

[Mkaz]

Now that I have told everyone about my spider phobia, I guess I can tell you the other one. Honestly, I am not sure if it's an actual phobia. I really don't like false teeth! When I was around four years old my uncle took out his false teeth and set them on our coffee table. I guess he thought it was funny or something. It scared the snot right out of me. I freaked and got hysterical. Ever since then I can't stand it to see a set of false teeth. My mom has them and I got chills when I would see "the case" sitting on the bathroom counter. It's hard to believe that a harmless prank could do that to a kid.

 

[Sthronds]

Now that I have told everyone about my spider phobia, I guess I can tell you the other one. Honestly, I am not sure if it's an actual phobia. I really don't like false teeth! When I was around four years old my uncle took out his false teeth and set them on our coffee table. I guess he thought it was funny or something. It scared the snot right out of me. I freaked and got hysterical. Ever since then I can't stand it to see a set of false teeth. My mom has them and I got chills when I would see "the case" sitting on the bathroom counter. It's hard to believe that a harmless prank could do that to a kid.

I know exactly how you feel, only I had to get over it. My great -grandmother (Tootsie!) took out her teeth and I had to be 3 or 4. I flipped out and hid under the table (this was my safe place ). My family thought it was hilarious but I was really freaked out. I had to get over it when I was a teen and had to get braces. Apparently I had a tooth that never came in and the ortho wanted to move my teeth over to eventually add a bridge. Once there was a gap, I had a nice little fake tooth on my retainer until I was old enough to get a bridge.

 

[twinklebug]

Dead stuffed animals...otherwise known as taxadermy. I hate them! They scare me and I've screamed more than once...I can take a deer head better than an entire stuffed body, but it still freaks me out! I don't know why, but it does!

It freaks you out because it's totally unnatural
My BIL is a big time deer hunter (sigh), I accept him for who he is butit doesn't mean I have to love all the dead deer hanging on the walls of the house staring around with those glass eyes.

OH - BTW - you'll want to avoid Trail's End resteraunt in Ft. Wilderness... great food & prices, but they have several large animals in there (a full bear, buffallo head & at least one deer head , etc) We had the pleasure of sharing our last visit with the buffallo.